I finally finished my Altec A210's last Saturday. It look all day to wrestle 4 GPA 515 drivers into place. I was concerned that I was going to have to send them back and have Bill trim the frames, but with the existing cutouts in the cabinet, they fit ...just barely.

I moved the 803 horns back from the house and Pete's crossover so I can begin listening to them while I work on the 1003 horns. You can see one of them on the work bench in the background.

For power I am using Bob Carver's VTA 20 tube amp, this is serial number 2 btw. I think it found an appropriate home.

Here is the left speaker. They are supposed to stand up, which I will try later. My concern with standing them up is I would have to stand in the back of the garage to get the angle on the horn correct. They would be eight feet in the air

Here is the right speaker. I'll have to order a certain song, which I will explain why later.

I can't wait for Saturday when I'll get some time to teak the system a little. For right now though, the sound if pretty good from 20 feet away.

tinpan wrote:Here is the left speaker. They are supposed to stand up, which I will try later. My concern with standing them up is I would have to stand in the back of the garage to get the angle on the horn correct. They would be eight feet in the air

Couldn't you side mount the horns to the bass bins if you stood them up?

I have the horns on a set of wings. When I stand them up I can just set them on top and adjust the angle on the horn with the turnbuckles. That is how they would be set up in the movie theater, hence the name " Voice of the Theater". There would be three of these behind the screen and monitors running the length of the theater or a couple A5's or A6's in the back

These particular speakers came out on the Manassas Mall movie theater. I am pretty certain I listened to these speakers extensively in my youth. One summer in particular I will never forget, I had a job, had a car and my first girlfriend who I am still rather fond of to this day. We saw many movies in that theater but the one that always brings me back in time is the opening sequence on the James Bond Movie, The Spy Who Loves Me.

Had a chance to stand these up a couple weekends ago and much to my surprise, they sound better like this. I was concerned thatI would have to stand in the back of the garage to get the proper angle on the horns.

What I found though, was the sw.e.e.t spot for the bass was right where the doors are between the truck and the Packard

After moving the truck to another bay and the Packard over I found this sounds much better. The horns and the bass bins integrate nicely in this spot.

This weekend I hope to get my wings on and I should have my 1003's ready to roll.